John Basil Turchin and the Fight to Free the Slaves

by Stephen Chicoine

This book highlights the contributions of a Russian immigrant who became a Union officer during the Civil War. John Basil Turchin left Czarist Russia to embrace democracy in America. When the Civil War began, he rushed to defend the Union, his formal training in the Imperial Russian Army and his combat experience in the Crimean making him a valuable officer. A man of conviction, he refused to be intimidated by commanding officers that were lenient...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275974413
• ISBN13: 9780275974411
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.5"